Chaos in pp-wave spacetimes
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2010-01-06 v1
Abstract
We demonstrate chaotic behavior of timelike, null and spacelike geodesics in non-homogeneous vacuum pp-wave solutions. This seems to be the first known example of a chaotic motion in exact radiative spacetime.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9805078,
title = {Chaos in pp-wave spacetimes},
author = {J. Podolsky and K. Vesely},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9805078},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
4 pages, revtex, 3 figures (.pcx)